Screen goes black when unattended and does not return
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
I have a recurring problem on Lucid - reproducible two different computers.
I lock my screen or/and leave my computer unattended. The screen goes black or displays "Out of range" and does not come back to the desktop, or to the password prompt when I move my mouse or type on the keyboard. I still have ssh access to the box.
These computers are not are set to suspend, and even if they were to suspend I would not be able to access them through ssh. I believe this is an issue with gnome-screensaver, gnome-power-manager or xorg.
Also see the following bugs for useful apport information:
Bug #547166 (gnome-screensaver)
Bug #547167 (gnome-
Bug #547169 (xorg)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 25 14:55:46 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
GnomeSessionIdl
GnomeSessionInh
Package: gnome-screensaver 2.29.92-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
WindowManager: metacity
I believe this is affecting me too. When the screen saver comes on and has been on for a while (overnight in this case) mouse movements and keyboard do not bring up unlock screen. I do see mouse move on screen. I was able to SSH in and killall gnome-screensaver and then I could get back in.
gnome-screensaver then restarted and top showed 2 processes both with 98-99% of cup. Had to reboot.